Floor mat of chequer plaited light yellow coloured plant leaf. The mat has lines of small triangles woven in red coloured leaf strips. [MJD 09/09/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Floor mat of chequer plaited light yellow coloured plant leaf. The mat has lines of small triangles woven in red coloured leaf strips. [MJD 09/09/2013]
Geographical reference: New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand; North Island
Cultural groups: Māori
Person: Field collector Charles Smith; PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate; PRM source Alfred T. Collier
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1869?, uncertain
Date collected: 1860 - 1869?
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Plant Leaf, Process Chequer Plaited, Process Basketry, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width 1280 mm, Length 2000 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.87.151
Research and responses: This mat was studied by Michelle Horwood, Victoria University of Wellington, on 5 November 2013. She noted the fibre looks like pandanus. This is usual for around the pacific. It does not look Maori as the edges are cut and not folded over. [MJD 05/11/2013]